—187 A.D.——

Sili, Huayin County.

"Tsk, it's really not easy to capture."

Lu Bu, who was wearing pitch-black armor, was standing on the top of a low mountain, looking at the solid pass in the east with the raging Yellow River in the north and the majestic Guan Mountain in the south, and said in a slightly excited tone.

"That's true," someone behind Lu Bu replied: "Hangu Pass and Tongguan are the east and west gateways of the pre-Qin Dynasty, respectively, and they are used to defend against the Xiongnu alien races in the west and the six countries in the east, and their defense capabilities are naturally extremely strong, and they are known as 'one man is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open', which can be seen from the fact that the old Qin land is called 'Guanzhong'......"

"Humph!" Lu Bu snorted heavily: "We are the 'Western alien race' who can't help ourselves!" And it must be captured! ”

"But," the man immediately changed his words: "This kind of city wall, which can only defend against ordinary people, naturally can't stop the 'unparalleled in the world' Lord Fengxian, where the 'unparalleled thunder and lightning' passes, no matter how strong the city wall or city gate is, it will collapse and collapse before the adult can help." ”

"Heh......" Lu Bu turned around: "What a 'Wei Continuation', sure enough, no matter what kind of topic can be 'continued'." ”

"Lord Fengxian, Miaozan." The man bowed and saluted.

It was a square-faced man of about thirty years of age, who looked loyal and unpretentious, and whose voice was low and persuasive, and if he had not been dressed in simple armor, the average person who would have seen him on the streets of the city would probably think that he was a good butler or shopkeeper.

During the occupation of Chang'an by the Liangzhou Army, he was a native of Sili who came to Dong Zhuo, but because Dong Zhuo's former direct subordinates were already in high positions, he was no longer suitable for directly accepting Shuxia, so he transferred the three active officials to Lu Bu's subordinates, who still only had Gao Shun's half of the generals, and the other two were called Hou Cheng and Song Xian.

In this investigation, Lu Bu only brought the three of them, as well as Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, and Zhang Ke still stayed in the barracks to train and trap the camp.

Among these three people, it is uncertain whether Hou Cheng is good at getting things done, and whether Song Xian likes strict law enforcement, but Wei Xu is really good at answering calls, no matter how cold he is.

Lu Bu felt that if he raised Fang Tian's halberd now, he said, "Uncle Ben is truly unparalleled in the world!" Then Wei Xu can also "continue" the previous sentence without hesitation: "No one can surpass it in three hundred years!" ”

Well...... Isn't this flattery? To suck up?

It feels good, at least Gao Shun and Zhang Liao would never say anything like that, Lu Bu thought, if this guy wasn't stupid enough to provoke Lingqi, he might really give him some benefits.

When he met Lu Bu for the first time, he complimented him a lot, and finally proposed that he had a little girl in the family, how old he was, what his appearance was, what his personality was, how General Jiumu was, and he was willing to take care of the general's daily life.

I treat you as a comrade, but you want to be my father-in-law?!

At that time, Lu Bu was hesitating, but he saw Dong Bai and Lu Lingqi passing by from a distance, they saw the situation here, bit each other's ears, and then, Dong Bai opened his mouth in this direction like a threat.

"There is no need to mention this again! Ben would never have meant that! At that time, Lu Bu immediately rejected Wei Xu's proposal categorically and solemnly.

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This time, Lu Bu led his troops to investigate the situation in Tongguan, because the situation in Luoyang had changed, and Dong Zhuo hoped that Lu Bu would be ready to forcibly break through at any time after obtaining the "enlightenment" through "Wushuang".

Perhaps due to his age when he awakened Wushuang, Dong Zhuo's "revelations" could not decide the content for himself, although he really wanted to know what the limit of the Spirit Emperor was, but in any case, he could only get the revelation of "The Emperor General".

Think about it, too, this "revelation" must be composed through the words of others, and who would be so bored as to read the month and day on the street?

According to the "Diao Chan" who acted as a "double agent", the emperor's physical condition deteriorated more and more, and sometimes he even fell into a long coma, but after waking up, he still asked to take the "Five Stone Powder" and go to the West Garden to count the money.

The emperor's actions not only brought the majesty of the imperial family to the ground, but also made those literati and writers who thought that it was an elegant thing to disperse, drink, and diverge.

In this case, the question of which prince should succeed to the throne finally appeared in the court, and the ministers, who had already seen through this dispute between relatives and eunuchs, all remained silent, and when they had to ask, they said "follow the orders of Your Majesty" - however, if the emperor really returned to heaven, it can be said that there would be a completely opposite 'will'.

Those who support the eldest son Liu Wei include his biological mother He Yao, the general He Jin, and some ministers who advocate "establishing a long" and dislike eunuchs, while those who support the youngest son Liu Xie are the ten permanent servants, who really finally end the emperor's will, and the ministers who simply look at their relatives and are not pleasing to the eye.

During this period, according to the investigation of the "Diao Chan", because of the differences in their respective positions, there were those who released their former suspicions, those who cut their robes and cut off their righteousness, and those who made their children not see each other because of their contrary opinions with their in-laws.

As for the "Sword Master" who can really make a final decision, he has not appeared in front of people since "killing Merlin", but because his prestige over the years is still there, no one dares to spread rumors about him.

At this time, Jia Xu's other strategy worked, after the original "deception", the Xiongnu are now very sure that the original "cooperation" of the "Ten Standing Servants" is a deception, so from time to time through the blank space between Liangzhou and Bingzhou to attack Sili, and at this critical moment of competition for the throne, the troops of all forces in Luoyang do not dare, and can not easily withdraw, then, there is only one option left to gather the troops of the states outside the Sili to deal with them.

At that time, the Liangzhou army can justifiably march eastward, pretending to come from Liangzhou all the way, and after eliminating the Huns blocked in front of Tongguan, they can take advantage of the situation to ask to enter the customs to rest, as long as the guard surnamed Zhong dares to open the door, hehe~

Although Tongguan is still far from Luoyang, there is still a Hangu Pass in the middle, but as Wei Xu said, the role of Tongguan is to protect the west, and Hangu Pass is used to defend the east.

In the end, we have to grasp the opportunity to attack Luoyang, not only not to let ourselves fall into the name of a thief so that Wang Yue has a reason to make a move, but also to control the next emperor in time to avoid the bamboo basket being empty.

If Lu Bu only half-understood the above plan, then he was very clear and agreed with the next plan - after controlling the new emperor, he had to fight a "united war of the world" with those who wanted to take away the emperor, stand on their own, and even elect the new emperor.

Put down any miscellaneous fish who don't know the times, this is very Lu Bu.

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"Lord Bongsen." "Your Excellency."

After a brief reconnaissance of the terrain near Tongguan, Lu Bu turned his horse back, and met Gao Shun and Zhang Liao who were covered in blood and murderous on the way, followed by a group of soldiers in the camp with heavy armor and the same appearance.

"How's the catch?" Lu Bu asked, "Although I also want to go with you, if those miscellaneous fish see Uncle Ben, they will just turn around and run." ”

"Hmm...... Probably more than a thousand? I didn't know how to count them. Zhang Liao responded.

"More than 1,500 people." Gao Shun replied with great confidence, "They probably won't leave 'which way' again." ”

Just like when his father-in-law discovered himself with a torch, he didn't look away at this Zhang Liao, and after he and Zhao Yun raided the Hun camp together a few years ago and realized the "Wushuang", he was even more enthusiastic about killing the Hu people.

Zhang Liao's peerless trait may be: "When fighting against aliens, the greater the number of enemies, the stronger the strength." ”

Therefore, he shined in this kind of action of "containing and guiding the opponent's large army with a small force", if it weren't for the fact that he had just come of age and his prestige was difficult to convince the public, Dong Zhuo even planned to let him lead an army alone.

While Lü Bu took Wei Xu, Hou Cheng, and Song Xian to reconnoiter the situation in Tongguan, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao led a small team of trapped camps to the north to intercept the Xiongnu aliens who had sneaked in.

Jia Xu explained the timing of this "driving the tiger and devouring the wolf", and once showed the topographic map near Tongguan in front of Lu Bu, Tongguan is located in the east of the Yellow River, its north is Hedong County, the south is Hongnong County, and the diagonal northwest direction is the border between Liangzhou and Bingzhou, and at the same time, it is also the "channel" he left for the Xiongnu who are eager to retaliate.

According to the plan, any Xiongnu aliens who left this "passage" would be killed by the "patrol border army" on an "unnoticed" scale, so that they could only enter Sili and approach Tongguan through that "passage", which could create a false impression for the defenders that the "Xiongnu were attacking" and had to call for help.

"Fifteen hundred? Plain seems to be a few hundred at most? Lu Bu frowned: "Did something unplanned happen?" Can you tell Jia Xu? ”

"Although it is unplanned, there is no need to alarm Lord Jia Xu," Zhang Liao beckoned behind him, causing a young general with a completely different armor style from the trap camp to step forward: "General Gao and I found a Xiongnu of about 5,000 people outside the passage, just finished the provocation and was about to lure the enemy deeper, this ...... The strong man suddenly rushed out and went straight into the enemy group. ”

Gao Shun added: "In the original plan of the military division, the strategy of luring the enemy was only to reduce the loss of armor trapped in the camp, but his subordinates thought that it was easy to obtain a thousand troops, but it was difficult to find a general, if they could get this...... The help of strong men is worth repairing more 'trapped heavy armor' afterwards. ”

"Oh...... Luring the enemy turned into a strong attack," Lu Bu looked at the armor that was obviously damaged and somewhat seriously damaged, and turned to look at the young general: "Who are you?" Is there enough good ability for Uncle Ben's little brother to risk saving him? ”

"The old man is so cute." The young general's voice was strangely soft.

"Didn't let you brag!" Lu Bu said angrily: "Still 'old man'? ”

"The old man's name is 'Hao', 'Meng'." The youngster took off his helmet, revealing short ear-length hair and a face that was a little more handsome than an ordinary woman.